When I sat down with the WAFDE Dragons back in 2011 to celebrate the first Month of the Dragon, they insisted, in their don’t-pin-us-down way, to make it a movable feast. So it was that, every year, we would confab in the late summer and, until now, we decided to keep it in October. Personally, I think Halloween was a major draw.

This year, however, we are going to take advantage of the movable part of the feast and push Month of the Dragon to February. The Dragons are being very gracious in this, acceding to the fact that I am on a book deadline – about them, always a plus in their minds. Also, yesterday, one of my furry hose-dragon cats sunk his teeth into my wrist and, though on antibiotics, computer work is rather hunt and peck right now. [Parker is very contrite and promises never to do it again. Right.]

By all means, anyone who wants to celebrate Dragons in October, or November, or every day of the year, have at it with draconic gusto. World Dragon Day is Saturday, October 6, this year, and we will certainly be hoisting a flagon in festive cheer. And, as February approaches, I will be posting reminders for one and all. It may be a short month but it will be packed with draconic fun.

As with many things Dragon, we may never know for sure. But, as the sun follows the moon, and Dragonlets grow large, in MotD, World Dragon Day follows World Egg Day.

Dragons are found from pole to pole, desert to jungle, mountains to tundra. They roam clouds and oceans, canopies and caves. They are nothing short of ubiquitous. Here at the Nest, we want to celebrate WDD in some of our favorite visuals of Dragons around the globe.

Four years ago, none of us at WAFDE would have guessed that World Dragon Day would fall within our annual Month of the Dragon celebrations. We are delighted beyond words!

Which brings me – of course – to words.

In honor of the day, I present you with some of my favorite Dragon quotes and pictures. For fun and the glory of Dragons!

Weyrworld – Pern Dragonriders

I desired dragons with a profound desire.…J.R.R.Tolkien

I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.…Ursula K. Le Guin

It is conventional to call ‘monster’ any blending of dissonant elements. . . . I call monster” every original inexhaustible beauty.…Alfred Jarry

No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.…R.A. Salvatore

Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.…Rainer Maria Rilke

We were talking of DRAGONS, Tolkien and I in a Berkshire bar. The big workman who had sat silent and sucked his pipe all the evening, from his empty mug, with gleaming eye glanced towards us: “I seen ’em myself!” he said fiercely.…C.S. Lewis

To have dragons one must have change; that is the first principle of dragon lore. …Loren Eiseley

People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons.
From within.…Ursula K. Le Guin

My soul is in the sky. ….William Shakespeare

It’s a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn’t bad enough, it’s also a bloody great hot flying thing.…Terry Pratchett

Fire Breathing Dragon – Jezebel

To Whomever These village fires Still have meaning O may your own most secret & beautiful Animal of Light Come safely to you. ….Kenneth Patchen

Many Dragons – Jackie Morris

Happy World Dragon Day!

**In the tradition of Month of the Dragon, everyone who leaves a comment here at Dragon’s Nest has their name go into a hat. At the end of the month, a name will be drawn and the winner will receive signed copies of my books, The Dragon Keeper’s Handbook and Dragons for Beginners(both from Llewellyn Worldwide). Hope everyone is feeling lucky!